Not sure if I'm being precious. You can judge me. I'm 36 weeks pg, had a routine midwife appt booked for Christmas Eve in our small town. Midwife just called to cancel it as she won't be coming as per usual this week to our town, I'm guessing because it's Christmas Eve! She asked if I could come in tomorrow, but our car broke down last week and we may or may not get the new one today depending on the work they need to do on it, so tomorrow will definitely be the first time I will have to drive it. We live abroad and the other drivers can be very impatient/crazy here. It's a solid forty minute drive.
DH could take another half day off tomorrow but with the car break down he has been forced to take lots of half days to sort it that out and as he doesn't get paternity leave, I'd really rather he saved his holidays for when I need him after the baby is born. Christmas Eve he is off but I'm guessing she isn't working then as she didn't offer me that.
AIBU to just wait until she comes back to our town again? I'm slightly anaemic and taking iron but other than that a healthy pregnancy. My blood tests are done for this week. Trying to weigh up if the greater risk is the long drive in a new car or not having the appointment. Sorry this is so trivial but would love to know what you would do. I can fit behind the wheel, just not keen on a long drive in a foreign country in a new car when I'm only a week from full term. Also this is our only car, so if I went into labour while there, DH wouldn't be able to get to the hospital without involving someone else.